Hat-holder



(Nu Model.)

J. M. HARRISON.

HAT HOLDER.

ented Sept. 27; 1887.

woem coz I N. PETERS, PhMo-Lilhugnpher. Washington. D. C.

UNIT D STATES PATENT GrrroE.

JAMEs HARRISON, or EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,618, datedSeptember 27, 1887.

Application filed December 18, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMEs M. HARRISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Easton, in the county of Northampton, State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, ofWhlGh the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to hat-holders, and among the objects inview are to provide a holder which is simple in construction and capableof being cheaply manufactured of inexpensive material, and capable ofautomatically adjusting itself for use, and occupying. when completed,the least possible space, and of suchform as to be capable of beingapplied to the backs of chairs in public halls, operahouses, churches,steamboats, and railroadcars.

Other objects and advantages of the invent1on will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hat-holderconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central sectionon the line X X of Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures ofthe drawings.

In order to provide a hat-holder which shall occupy the least possiblespace, I construct the holder proper of wire, having aform generallyU-shaped, the legs or prongs A of which serve as the clamping arms ofthe holder, which prongs are, for the purpose of formingsupporting-bearings for the holder, bent or coiled to form eyes A,located between the prongs and the integral portion or bar A connectingthe same. The holder is mounted upon a rod or wire, B, bent at each endto form a riser, B, and an eye, B or, if

desired, the eye may be omitted and the riser pointed or otherwiseadapted to be inserted into any suitable support, as shown by dottedlines B in Fig. 2. Upon the rod is mounted a coiled spring, 0, one endof which is secured to the rod and the other to a prong of the holder,the tendency of the spring being Serial No. 221,936. (No model.)

to hold the free ends of the prongs in contact with the surface to whichthe holder is at tached. The cross-bar A, being below the pivotalsupport of the holder, serves as a means for moving the free ends of theprongs away from the support, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.The extreme ends of the prongs are bent upwardly from the support, tofacilitate the introduction of the hat into the holder.

This being the construction, the operation is as follows: The holder,being secured by screws D or otherwise to the back of'the seat, chair,or upon a wall or suitable support, is ready for use, and the hat isinserted with its body between and its rim back of the prongs, which,being resilient, expand or separate, as shown by dotted lines on Fig. 1,and embrace the body of the hat at and upon the band thereof. The eyes Aare loosely fitted upon the rod B, so that, if necessary, the prongsmove lengthwise on the bar, the coiled spring and others than thosespecified are secured by the construction described, in that the holderas a whole projects but slightly from any surface to which it issecured, thereby permitting the close passage of persons when no hat isin the holder, rendering it specially adapted to opera-houses, churches,and public halls. It is not absolutely essential that the free ends ofthe prongs should be curved away 8 5 from the support, as the prongs maybe straight, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and be moved awayfrom the support by means of the connecting-bar A Having described myinvention and its op- 0 eration, what I claim is 1. A hat-holdersubstantially U-shaped in form, the arms thereof beiu g resilient andbent to form supporting-eyes, in combination with a supporting-barpassing through the eyes, sub- 9 5 stantially as specified.

2. A hat-holder substantially U-shaped in form, the arms beingresilient, curved toward each other, and bent to form eyes, incombinamovement of the eyes upon the rod is provided I0 tion with a baradapted to be secured to a supfor, substantially as specified.

port, and a spring secured to the bar at one In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in end and to the holder at the other,substanpresence of two witnesses.

tially as specified. r 3. The combination of ahat-holder of sub- JAMESHARRISO)" stantially U shape in form and having eyes, i Witnesses:

with a rod loosely mounted on said eyes and E. B. STOCKING,

secured to the base, whereby longitudinal l XV. S. DUVALL.

